Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers Salary — Kankakee, Illinois

The average Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers in Kankakee, Illinois earns $32,790 a year.

$32,790 / year, mean
↓ 5.1% below national average 12th percentile in Illinois

Kankakee is among the lowest-paying cities in Illinois for this specific role. That's close to the national average for dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers — a fairly typical rate for this role. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within Illinois

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
130
Estimate confidence
RSE 1.4%
Cost of living 96 #89 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 1770 #92 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $223,721 #155 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $68,325 #116 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Kankakee ranks #89 for cost of living and #155 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

Seattle $48,610 San Jose $45,820 San Francisco $44,060 Kennewick $42,850 New York $42,750 Bellingham $42,110 Bremerton $42,060 Longview $41,950 Olympia $41,930 San Diego $41,690 Napa $41,490 Portland $41,210 Wenatchee $40,980 Salinas $40,740 Kingston $40,580 Mount Vernon $40,550 Santa Rosa $40,090 Los Angeles $39,920 Spokane $39,870 Sacramento $39,700 Santa Cruz $39,650 Vallejo $39,500 Kiryas Joel $39,470 Albany $39,440 Walla Walla $39,280 Riverside $39,160 Yakima $39,010 Santa Maria $38,810 Glens Falls $38,730 Oxnard $38,530 Fresno $38,470 Stockton $38,220 Bend $38,090 Buffalo $38,010 Baltimore $37,980 San Luis Obispo $37,980 Syracuse $37,980 Utica $37,950 Atlantic City $37,930 Modesto $37,900 Medford $37,720 Lexington Park $37,690 Rochester $37,600 Ithaca $37,570 Bakersfield $37,560 Pensacola $37,550 Visalia $37,330 Salem $37,260 Trenton $37,170 Merced $36,940 Hanford $36,880 El Centro $36,800 Grants Pass $36,600 Yuba City $36,590 Redding $36,580 Watertown $36,510 Salisbury $36,350 Ann Arbor $36,120 Miami $36,100 Chico $35,980 Naples $35,850 Binghamton $35,820 Traverse City $35,780 Eugene $35,630 Orlando $35,550 Albany $35,500 Corvallis $35,400 Crestview $35,360 Charlottesville $35,220 Elmira $35,220 Jacksonville $35,190 Hagerstown $34,920 Vineland $34,900 Punta Gorda $34,720 Midland $34,710 Battle Creek $34,700 Tallahassee $34,510 Sarasota $34,500 Grand Rapids $34,460 Tampa $34,430 Sebastian $34,330 Fort Myers $33,830 Lansing $33,780 Chicago $33,710 Richmond $33,680 Detroit $33,540 Blacksburg $33,510 Bloomington $33,390 Champaign $33,390 Palm Bay $33,390 Dover $33,320 Springfield $33,320 Decatur $33,300 Gainesville $33,240 Niles $33,240 Kalamazoo $33,220 Rockford $33,160 Port St. Lucie $33,080 Peoria $33,070 Ocala $32,930 Virginia Beach $32,810 Kankakee $32,790 Muskegon $32,730 Monroe $32,620 Winchester $32,560 Wildwood $32,480 Panama City $32,420 Lafayette $32,310 Deltona $32,280 Harrisonburg $32,250 Jackson $32,220 Bay City $32,170 Flint $32,090 Parkersburg $31,990 Roanoke $31,990 Staunton $31,970 Philadelphia $31,960 Saginaw $31,850 Lakeland $31,690 Lynchburg $31,310 Sebring $31,290 Allentown $31,270 York $31,270 Bloomington $31,200 Lancaster $30,680 Weirton $30,550 Morgantown $29,870 Charleston $29,820 Harrisburg $29,800 Lebanon $29,740 Pittsburgh $29,240 Gettysburg $29,190 State College $28,980 Reading $28,750 South Bend $28,610 Wheeling $28,570 Indianapolis $28,510 Fort Wayne $28,500 Louisville $28,460 Elkhart $28,310 Kokomo $28,170 Chambersburg $28,120 Scranton $28,090 Huntington $27,950 Beckley $27,740 Columbus $27,450 Erie $27,150 Austin $26,960 Terre Haute $26,910 Muncie $26,740 Altoona $26,720 Evansville $26,720 Michigan City $26,420 Williamsport $26,380 Paducah $26,260 Bowling Green $25,930 Johnstown $25,650 Midland $25,450 San Antonio $25,320 Lexington $25,130 Elizabethtown $25,100 Odessa $24,780 Amarillo $24,530 Houston $24,530 Dallas $24,490 Owensboro $24,400 Waco $23,650 Corpus Christi $23,570 Sherman $23,410 Beaumont $23,360 College Station $23,290 Abilene $22,980 Tyler $22,900 Texarkana $22,440 Laredo $22,340 Lubbock $22,300 Longview $22,240 Killeen $22,050 El Paso $21,930 Victoria $21,870 San Angelo $21,830 Wichita Falls $21,830 McAllen $21,370 Brownsville $21,180
CityMean salaryvs. Kankakee
Abilene, Texas$22,980-29.9%
Albany, Oregon$35,500+8.3%
Albany, New York$39,440+20.3%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$31,270-4.6%
Altoona, Pennsylvania$26,720-18.5%
Amarillo, Texas$24,530-25.2%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$36,120+10.2%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$37,930+15.7%
Austin, Texas$26,960-17.8%
Bakersfield, California$37,560+14.5%
Baltimore, Maryland$37,980+15.8%
Battle Creek, Michigan$34,700+5.8%
Bay City, Michigan$32,170-1.9%
Beaumont, Texas$23,360-28.8%
Beckley, West Virginia$27,740-15.4%
Bellingham, Washington$42,110+28.4%
Bend, Oregon$38,090+16.2%
Binghamton, New York$35,820+9.2%
Blacksburg, Virginia$33,510+2.2%
Bloomington, Illinois$33,390+1.8%
Bloomington, Indiana$31,200-4.8%
Bowling Green, Kentucky$25,930-20.9%
Bremerton, Washington$42,060+28.3%
Brownsville, Texas$21,180-35.4%
Buffalo, New York$38,010+15.9%
Fort Myers, Florida$33,830+3.2%
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania$28,120-14.2%
Champaign, Illinois$33,390+1.8%
Charleston, West Virginia$29,820-9.1%
Charlottesville, Virginia$35,220+7.4%
Chicago, Illinois$33,710+2.8%
Chico, California$35,980+9.7%
College Station, Texas$23,290-29.0%
Columbus, Indiana$27,450-16.3%
Corpus Christi, Texas$23,570-28.1%
Corvallis, Oregon$35,400+8.0%
Crestview, Florida$35,360+7.8%
Dallas, Texas$24,490-25.3%
Decatur, Illinois$33,300+1.6%
Deltona, Florida$32,280-1.6%
Detroit, Michigan$33,540+2.3%
Dover, Delaware$33,320+1.6%
El Centro, California$36,800+12.2%
Elizabethtown, Kentucky$25,100-23.5%
Elkhart, Indiana$28,310-13.7%
Elmira, New York$35,220+7.4%
El Paso, Texas$21,930-33.1%
Erie, Pennsylvania$27,150-17.2%
Eugene, Oregon$35,630+8.7%
Evansville, Indiana$26,720-18.5%
Flint, Michigan$32,090-2.1%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$28,500-13.1%
Fresno, California$38,470+17.3%
Gainesville, Florida$33,240+1.4%
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania$29,190-11.0%
Glens Falls, New York$38,730+18.1%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$34,460+5.1%
Grants Pass, Oregon$36,600+11.6%
Hagerstown, Maryland$34,920+6.5%
Hanford, California$36,880+12.5%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$29,800-9.1%
Harrisonburg, Virginia$32,250-1.6%
Houston, Texas$24,530-25.2%
Huntington, West Virginia$27,950-14.8%
Indianapolis, Indiana$28,510-13.1%
Ithaca, New York$37,570+14.6%
Jackson, Michigan$32,220-1.7%
Jacksonville, Florida$35,190+7.3%
Johnstown, Pennsylvania$25,650-21.8%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$33,220+1.3%
Kennewick, Washington$42,850+30.7%
Killeen, Texas$22,050-32.8%
Kingston, New York$40,580+23.8%
Kiryas Joel, New York$39,470+20.4%
Kokomo, Indiana$28,170-14.1%
Lafayette, Indiana$32,310-1.5%
Lakeland, Florida$31,690-3.4%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$30,680-6.4%
Lansing, Michigan$33,780+3.0%
Laredo, Texas$22,340-31.9%
Lebanon, Pennsylvania$29,740-9.3%
Lexington, Kentucky$25,130-23.4%
Lexington Park, Maryland$37,690+14.9%
Longview, Texas$22,240-32.2%
Longview, Washington$41,950+27.9%
Los Angeles, California$39,920+21.7%
Louisville, Kentucky$28,460-13.2%
Lubbock, Texas$22,300-32.0%
Lynchburg, Virginia$31,310-4.5%
McAllen, Texas$21,370-34.8%
Medford, Oregon$37,720+15.0%
Merced, California$36,940+12.7%
Miami, Florida$36,100+10.1%
Michigan City, Indiana$26,420-19.4%
Midland, Michigan$34,710+5.9%
Midland, Texas$25,450-22.4%
Modesto, California$37,900+15.6%
Monroe, Michigan$32,620-0.5%
Morgantown, West Virginia$29,870-8.9%
Mount Vernon, Washington$40,550+23.7%
Muncie, Indiana$26,740-18.5%
Muskegon, Michigan$32,730-0.2%
Napa, California$41,490+26.5%
Naples, Florida$35,850+9.3%
New York, New York$42,750+30.4%
Niles, Michigan$33,240+1.4%
Sarasota, Florida$34,500+5.2%
Ocala, Florida$32,930+0.4%
Odessa, Texas$24,780-24.4%
Olympia, Washington$41,930+27.9%
Orlando, Florida$35,550+8.4%
Owensboro, Kentucky$24,400-25.6%
Oxnard, California$38,530+17.5%
Paducah, Kentucky$26,260-19.9%
Palm Bay, Florida$33,390+1.8%
Panama City, Florida$32,420-1.1%
Parkersburg, West Virginia$31,990-2.4%
Pensacola, Florida$37,550+14.5%
Peoria, Illinois$33,070+0.9%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$31,960-2.5%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$29,240-10.8%
Portland, Oregon$41,210+25.7%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$33,080+0.9%
Punta Gorda, Florida$34,720+5.9%
Reading, Pennsylvania$28,750-12.3%
Redding, California$36,580+11.6%
Richmond, Virginia$33,680+2.7%
Riverside, California$39,160+19.4%
Roanoke, Virginia$31,990-2.4%
Rochester, New York$37,600+14.7%
Rockford, Illinois$33,160+1.1%
Sacramento, California$39,700+21.1%
Saginaw, Michigan$31,850-2.9%
Salem, Oregon$37,260+13.6%
Salinas, California$40,740+24.2%
Salisbury, Maryland$36,350+10.9%
San Angelo, Texas$21,830-33.4%
San Antonio, Texas$25,320-22.8%
San Diego, California$41,690+27.1%
San Francisco, California$44,060+34.4%
San Jose, California$45,820+39.7%
San Luis Obispo, California$37,980+15.8%
Santa Cruz, California$39,650+20.9%
Santa Maria, California$38,810+18.4%
Santa Rosa, California$40,090+22.3%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$28,090-14.3%
Seattle, Washington$48,610+48.2%
Sebastian, Florida$34,330+4.7%
Sebring, Florida$31,290-4.6%
Sherman, Texas$23,410-28.6%
South Bend, Indiana$28,610-12.7%
Spokane, Washington$39,870+21.6%
Springfield, Illinois$33,320+1.6%
State College, Pennsylvania$28,980-11.6%
Staunton, Virginia$31,970-2.5%
Stockton, California$38,220+16.6%
Syracuse, New York$37,980+15.8%
Tallahassee, Florida$34,510+5.2%
Tampa, Florida$34,430+5.0%
Terre Haute, Indiana$26,910-17.9%
Texarkana, Texas$22,440-31.6%
Traverse City, Michigan$35,780+9.1%
Trenton, New Jersey$37,170+13.4%
Tyler, Texas$22,900-30.2%
Utica, New York$37,950+15.7%
Vallejo, California$39,500+20.5%
Victoria, Texas$21,870-33.3%
Vineland, New Jersey$34,900+6.4%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$32,810+0.1%
Visalia, California$37,330+13.8%
Waco, Texas$23,650-27.9%
Walla Walla, Washington$39,280+19.8%
Watertown, New York$36,510+11.3%
Weirton, West Virginia$30,550-6.8%
Wenatchee, Washington$40,980+25.0%
Wheeling, West Virginia$28,570-12.9%
Wichita Falls, Texas$21,830-33.4%
Wildwood, Florida$32,480-0.9%
Williamsport, Pennsylvania$26,380-19.5%
Winchester, Virginia$32,560-0.7%
Yakima, Washington$39,010+19.0%
York, Pennsylvania$31,270-4.6%
Yuba City, California$36,590+11.6%
Gross salary
32,790/yr
Estimated take-home
27,045/yr
Est. total withheld
17.5%

Single filer, federal + Illinois state tax + FICA, 2025 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 35-9011 SOC code
Official area Kankakee, IL BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 28100 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: il_idor_verificado 2025
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Population (metro area)
106,833